Anas ibn Maalik narrated that one of the neighbors of the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was a Persian man, and he used to make delicious soup. He made some for the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and invited him, so the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, asked: “And her also?” (Meaning is ‘Aa’ishah also invited?) The man said: “No.” So the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, did not accept
The man came again, and the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam, asked: “And her?” The man said: “No.” So the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, did not accept again. He came a third time to invite him, so the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Andher?” The man said: “Yes.” So they walked to his home.
They mentioned that the reason the Persian man did not want to invite‘Aa’ishah at first is that there was only a little food, so he wanted it all to be for the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
An-Nawawi (a scholar) said: “The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, did not like to eat the food alone without her, and this is from the good manners in a relationship and one of the rights of companionship.”